I'm getting ready for work this morning, you know, mascara or whatever, and Sita walks in just as I'm saying to myself in the mirror, "You are a fragile flower
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The origin of the world--it's true enough...the gateway through which we all pass (well, except for C-section babies but, still, they got in through that same gateway). It's ironic that vaginas get associated with weakness. They're pretty fucking powerful, if you ask me. Courbet certainly agreed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Origine_du_monde
Re: allow mecsecooneyDecember 22 2013, 14:04:10 UTC
It's so interesting, because Mrs. Shaw's monologue is sort of about the misuse of the word "vagina" which she insists is the internal apparatus of the female genitalia. So that when her students, for example, talk about getting "their vaginas waxed" she must take a stand and speak about anatomy.
She uses the nice, strong, 4-letter, rhymes-with-blunt word an awful lot in her monologue. More times in four minutes, she says, than she's ever had occasion to use it in real life.
I actually quite like the word. It sort of encompasses the whole package: substance and, er, accident. If you want to get theological about things. Like Courbet.
Re: allow memamagavoneDecember 22 2013, 15:02:16 UTC
Tis true that, technically, 'vagina' only applies to the birth canal part of us. Everything external, if we want to be perfectly accurate, is vulva territory. I don't like the "rhymes with blunt" word. I know feminists have attempted to work their reclamation magic on it (Gloria S was known to sport a button that said "C_nt power" on it), but the word just hits me me in the gut whenever I hear it...but, I guess, that's part of the appeal. My favorite naughty lady bits term is "snatch." Like it can STEAL something away from you. It's nice and threatening.
Re: allow mecsecooneyDecember 22 2013, 16:19:15 UTC
That's a good one. I don't have a favorite. I sort of wish I did.
"L'Origin du Monde" is good, but so... egocentric. I mean, as if ALL ANIMALS and INSECTS and SUNLIGHT and TROPICAL FORESTS originated there. Gah. Humans.
Re: allow meshveta_thakrarDecember 23 2013, 21:26:07 UTC
Depends. In Hindu dharma, there's the idea that everything originated from Shiva's and Shakti's lovemaking, in which case, everything did originate there. *cheeky grin*
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She uses the nice, strong, 4-letter, rhymes-with-blunt word an awful lot in her monologue. More times in four minutes, she says, than she's ever had occasion to use it in real life.
I actually quite like the word. It sort of encompasses the whole package: substance and, er, accident. If you want to get theological about things. Like Courbet.
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"L'Origin du Monde" is good, but so... egocentric. I mean, as if ALL ANIMALS and INSECTS and SUNLIGHT and TROPICAL FORESTS originated there. Gah. Humans.
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